Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs GLM-5.1

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.1 leads 54.9 to 35.0.
  • GLM-5.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.1
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index37.847.8
Released2025-02-052026-04-07
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—200K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked3241

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.1
LMArena Coding13221485
SWE-bench Verified—74.2%
LMArena WebDev—1508
SciCode—43.8%
WeirdML—57.1%
LiveBench Coding47.1%—
ALE-Bench—887.1

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.1
APEX-Agents—40.9%
ExploitBench—18.1%
GBAEval—0%
Vending-Bench 2—5,634

Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.1
LMArena Hard Prompts13241472
SimpleBench—55.1%
NYT Connections (extended)—77.7%
CritPt—4.6%
Chess Puzzles—19%
Thematic Generalization—69.8%
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.84
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math GLM-5.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.1
LMArena Math13091473
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—36.8%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
ProofBench—22.2%
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—33.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—12.5%

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.1
LMArena Expert13051476
GPQA Diamond—89.9%
SimpleQA Verified—34%
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), GLM-5.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.1
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual GLM-5.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.1
LMArena Non-English13231447
LMArena Chinese13391515
LMArena French13471474
LMArena German13061465
LMArena Japanese13011434
LMArena Korean13251418
LMArena Russian13281454
LMArena Spanish13131469

Instruction Following GLM-5.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.1
LMArena Instruction Following13051451
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context GLM-5.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.1
LMArena Longer Query13201466

Writing & Preference GLM-5.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.1
LMArena Text13301461
LMArena Creative Writing13191453
LMArena Multi-Turn13071472
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1592
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than GLM-5.1?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or GLM-5.1 better for coding?

GLM-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and GLM-5.1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.1 has 41.

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